Gérald Laroche

School Society (2022)

Virginie Thévenot, a somewhat special math teacher, takes advantage of a general strike in a college to try an extraordinary experiment with a small group of students. She takes a bet: let them do what they want... A spark that will ignite the spirits of ...

Thousand Cuts (2017)

Omar Petit would be able to live a perfectly happy life with his wife and daughter if it weren't for a number of farmers from the vineyard who have decided to make life miserable for them because of where Omar comes from. One night, one of them happens to ...

The Tramp of the Somme (2015)

The unidentified body of a homeless man was found on a dune of the Somme. Fatally shot shotgun ... shot in the back. Pure accident? Homicide concealed? Intentional killing otherwise called "murder"? The local Gendarmerie Brigade is in charge of the case, u ...

Blind Date (2015)

He invents puzzles. He's committed body and soul to his work and needs silence to be able to concentrate. She is an accomplished pianist and can't live without music. She must prepare for a competition that could change her life. They are going to be force ...

Paris by Night (2012)

Police commander Simon Weiss, head of the division that supervises Paris's demi-monde, starts out on his nightly tour of bars, discos and strip clubs, making sure once again that the owners don't bend the rules too far. Weiss knows he's between a rock and ...

Hiver rouge (2011)

Comme une ombre (2010)

Love Crime (2010)

In the sterile setting of a powerful multinational, a ruthless corporate executive and her ambitious protégée bare their claws in a vicious battle for supremacy. ...

Vidocq: Le Masque et la Plume (2010)

State Affairs (2009)

A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park. Thousands of miles separate these two events, and yet Nora Chahyd, believes there's a connection between them, much to his superiors chagrin. As Nora investigates, ge ...

Lady Bar 2 (2009)

The sequel of Lady Bar follows Jean and Pat opening a match-making resort on a beautiful Thai island while Jean's friend Polo finds himself soul-searching in a buddhist monastry. ...

Tomorrow at Dawn (2009)

Mathieu, a piano virtuoso, goes home to help his brother Paul to take care of their sick mother. Paul is into reenacting old battles, dressing up and getting into character, even dueling if necessary. Mathieu gets involved in this world and play becomes re ...

Adieu De Gaulle, adieu (2009)

May 1968. Charles de Gaulle is 77. His great career is behind him. Obsessed by France's prestige, he's looking with distance to the student demonstrations. An intimate portrait of the General through the tale of 68'events. ...

Le Voyage de la veuve (2008)

Crossfire (2008)

A grizzled Parisian detective is sent to an outpost town in Southern France to dismantle a gang of killers which has freed a notorious criminal. The detective inherits a team of unmotivated and dishevelled detectives, and he makes connections nobody else e ...

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (2008)

Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime. ...

The Last Deadly Mission (2008)

A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison. ...

Dante 01 (2008)

Deep space, at the edge of the galaxy. The future. A new prisoner arrives on top security prison ship and psychiatric research unit Dante 01. Sole survivor of an encounter with an alien force, Saint-Georges is a man possessed by inner demons, caught up in ...

The Second Wind (2007)

Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a traitor to ...

In Your Wake (2007)

An estranged father returns with plans to open a bar with the son who still harbors resentment towards him. ...

Michou d'Auber (2007)

Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older brother Abdel in foster care. Sent to the ...

The Snake (2006)

A ruthless gang led by private detective Joseph Plender is extorting rich people and famous fashion photographer Vincent Mandel seems the next victim. He is married to Hélène, daughter of one of the richest people in Europe, but not quite happily. In fac ...

The Jungle (2006)

Vincent and Mathias are two friends, in their thirties, who live off Vincent's father. One day, during a meal where the wine and talk both flow a little too freely, Vincent's father offers the two friends a bet. If they can survive seven days and seven nig ...

Black Box (2005)

An accident survivor wakes from a coma and confronts old, uncomfortable memories. ...

93, rue Lauriston (2004)

93, rue Lauriston, in the 16th arrondissement de Paris, is an address of bleak memory. It was indeed the headquarter of the French Gestapo, which was active between 1941 and 1944 and was headed by Henri Lafont and Pierre Loutrel, two wanted criminals. On t ...

Loser Takes All! (2004)

Serge Vaudier, a mathematics teacher, wins the lotto twice and claims he can do it again, thanks to an infallible system he has designed. Is a he genius or a con man? Angèle, the head of the the government's bureau, is determined to entrap him. She asks h ...

Nelly (2004)

The four days following the death of a small town doctor, seen through the eyes of Nelly, his wife, a nurse. ...

La Société (2004)

Fan-Fan the Tulip (2003)

In this 2003 remake of the classic 1952 French film, Fanfan la Tulipe is a swashbuckling lover who is tricked into joining the army of King Louis XV by Adeline La Franchise, who tells Fanfan that by doing so, he will eventually marry one of the king's daug ...

Maléfique (2003)

Four prisoners discover a handwritten book of black magic in their cell, and decide to use it to escape. ...

Les oreilles sur le dos (2002)

A Latin American country on the Pacific seaboard. A coup d'état fails. Jacques and his fellow mercenaries must get out of there as fast as they can. He takes with him Monica, a beautiful prostitute with a taste for adventure. Having cheated their shady pa ...

Gangsters (2002)

Franck Chaievski and Nina Delgado are two undercover detectives of a French special force trying to identify two corrupts members of the Paris Police Force. Franck is pretending to be a gangster and Nina a prostitute living with him, and involved in a robb ...

J'ai tué Clémence Acéra (2001)

A man's wife has disappeared; her diary gives the police detailed account of their sexual life. ...

Night Shift (2001)

A worker in a bottle factory, Pierre decides to switch from day shift to night shift. In his new team, he runs into Fred, a charismatic and violent guy. Fred says loudly that Pierre is his boyfriend. In fact, he never misses an opportunity to bully or humi ...

J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici (1997)

In this French gangster drama, a young hoodlum, new to his famed father's dubious profession, successfully completes his first hit but then finds himself trapped in between a brutal vendetta between rival gangs. To save himself, Francois joins forces with ...

Au petit Marguery (1995)

Hippolyte, the chef at the small Paris restaurant of the title, is losing his sense of smell - and without that, you can't cook. Not in France. The restaurant has to close. Guests and customers of the ailing master chef gather for one last fabulous meal. B ...

Sidestroke (1993)

Clara (Karin Viard) is a stripper with a high-strung, jealous boyfriend with the curious name of Loockeed (Antoine Chappey). The couple are friends with the even-temperred, almost saintly Max (Gerald Laroche), an auto mechanic. The three of them set out fr ...

La femme à abattre (1993)

A policeman discovers during a case that he is investigating himself. His wife has witnessed a terrorist attack committed by her lover. ...

Forgery and the Use of Forgeries (1990)

Fleeing fame, the writer Anatole Hirsch decides to publish his new book under the name of his cousin, Martin Bassane. This book wins the Prix Goncourt. A film inspired by the story of Romain Gary. ...